« The brightest objects widely reported in the sky were debris from the second floor A Falcon 9 rocket Seattle’s National Weather Service tweeted that more detailed information is expected to officially confirm the information.
Videos posted on social media show a dense cluster of bright spots and traces of light moving slowly across the sky before dying, with some Netizens claiming that the event was a meteor shower or an alien invasion.
According to local media, the event was seen just after 9pm (GMT Friday 4pm) and videos were released from Washington and Oregon, both located in the Northwest United States. United States.
According to the Seattle National Weather Service, this may have been caused by space debris rather than meteorites, which move much faster.
At 27,000 km.
« What people see is a rocket falling into the atmosphere at a speed of 27,000 km and scattering from the heat generated by such speed. The most easily melted parts come first, the dense pieces will last longer, and the appearance of many glowing pieces will go in the same direction. Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard Astronomical Center confirmed to AFP.
« This is a bug, usually this type of rocket SpaceX deorbitation causes inflammation Mr. McDowell added.
Dearbitting combustion is a maneuver that involves slowing down the spacecraft’s impulses and initiating its descent into a controlled decomposing atmosphere.
« We knew it was going to crash yesterday or today, but we don’t know when Mr. McDowell explained, ” He only had a few hours to go around the world twice, so we didn’t know the place in advance Where he will fail.
No damage has been reported so far, with the Seattle National Weather Service saying the event is unlikely to have an impact.
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